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"Peter Johnson!** sbs repeated,
slowly. 'So, I was right. Hs was in
the plot. Ho bad something to do
with Uncle Robert's disappearance).
Ha waa the one who broke the amyl
pearls on board the yacht."
It was my turn now to start. Of
what was this young woman talking?
"Amyl pearls 1" Waa I mad. or was
aha?
She aaw my perplexity, and hasten?
ed to enlighten me.
-Oh. dear, Philip!" she exclaimed.
"I forgot again. There Is so much to
tell you. Really, I hardly know where
to begin, atlas Clement has been of
ssaeh aid to us! She Is what they call
an 'independent missionary.' That Is,
aha has no affiliation with any of the
church societies or reform associa?
tions, for fifteen years she has been
working In Chinatown among the I
white women, and aha knows the
place and the people as if she were
Indeed one of them. I had her out at
Cragbott for a dar and Pre aeon her
four or fire tlmea here In town, and I
have told her everything, and she has
explained, or at least given quite rea?
sonable surmises, concerning many of
the incidents that aeemed to ua Inex?
plicable Did you evtr hear of amyl
pearls r
Of course I had hoard something of
amyl pearls, and I said so.
Thsy are glass oapeuree," I added,
**aad contain a liquid which smells
like bananas They nee them, I be
Hera, hi heart attacks, by crushing
?hem hi a handkerchief and Inhaling
the drag."
But it waa not the same drug, Eve?
lyn explained. MliS Clement had told 1
her all about it. She doubted that It ?
was an amyl. at all. though It was put '
up In the same fashion, and released 1
In the same way, and it was like an
amyl, la that It was extremely vola
tu*. I
"Mtta Clement has never seen one
?rf tbem," Evelyn continued, "but
aome of the Chinese have told her of
th?m. and of the wonders that they
perform She says the chemical,
whatever it la. Is very expensive and
so they are seldom used, but that in
China, especially In secret govern?
ment enterprises, they are employed
on occasion. The effect Is seemingly
to mske invisible the person who '
uaea them. Really, they don't do any?
thing of the tort; for they are noth?
ing more nor less than capsules, filled
with a peculiarly-acting anesthetic? 1
aa anesthetic so quick and powerful
hi Its action that the victim falls into
Insensibility without warning, and
?merges, sfter an Interval of ten or
twelve minutes, without knowing that
ne lost consciousness or that more
than a single second has elapsed."
"The Idea se*ms ingenious," I re- I
turned. 1 waa Interested, surely, but
eary far from convinced. "But," I
objected, "how Is It that the anaes
thettser Is no/, anaesthetised himself?"
"Oh. he doesn't break the pearU un?
der his own nose," Evelyn explained.
"He casts them. The slightest con?
cussion fractures the shel', and every
one within a certain radlu* drops in?
stantly Into a temporary trance."
"And the swine before whim the
pearls are cast, do they drop to the
ground to rise again when tae ten or
twelve minutes are concluded?" I
ridiculed.
"Oh, not at all. Vour muscles are
not relaxed. You stand or sit as If
turned suddenly to stone. If your arm
la extended, for Instance, It remains
la that position uutll the effect .
ceases* She was very muc\ In earli?
est, and tried to persuade me that,
aldV.'d by these pearls, it would be a
eery easy matter to commit all three
of the depredato-y acts which had so
am-:?(I and .-.'nocked us.
I am the last man to regard any?
thing as Impossible In this day of won?
ders, yet I was by no means willing to
accept such a solution merely on the
hearsay evidence of a woman who had
apent a decade and a half amongst the
Chines* of New York City.
-Yes. Evelyn." I said, tolerantly, "It
la worth considering, and at the first
opportunity I shall look Into It. Put
just now there must he more Impor?
tant mat'ers for you nnd me to dls
cuss. Md Miss Clement, by any
chance mo Yup Sing?"
At t.o question the girl's pain
cheeks r?ush*d to her t< mplea and h? r
violet ?ye* ataaad.
**I asked I er Ig him, and she
did." wa* her anwer. "I thought sh?
might lenrn from hirn WhOl and Wh4 re
you parted, and what led up to tho
plight In which you wars found. Put
he told her Ihg1 ><?u had failed to
keop an enmgf-n.erit with hint He In?
sinuated that you had come to China?
town Ifpent upon making trouble, and
ended by declaring that li?> I d n<
time to devo'e rg answering Ihs CO
nundrums of such a harebrained
American, at you .tad proved your
?elf. Did you ever hear of euch im?
pertinence? I wanted Miss Clement
to take me to him that I might tell
him what I thought of hin outrageous
conduct, but she refused. She says
he stands very high amongst his peo?
ple, and that It is not well to antag?
onise hlin."
I smiled at her indignation. "After
all," I said, "he isn't so much to
blame. I must have cut a rather undig?
nified figure chasing Mr. Johnson
through Doyers street, and then fall?
ing down cellar stairs. When I am
able to get out again, I shall go to
Mr. Tup and apologise."
But before I was able to get out
again, I changed my mind. To be
Quite definite I changed It that same
evening, when, In reading the reports
of O'Hara, the detective who for near?
ly two weeks had been shadowing the
red giant, Phlletus Murphy, I came
upon this entry:
". . . At 6:27 he entered the
Mott street store of the Yup Sing Com?
pany, remaining until 6:42, when he
came out with a tall, thin, well-dressed
Chinaman, said to be Tup Sing, him?
self. Together they went to Chlng
Wung's restaurant on Doyers street
From there a Chinaman known as
Muk Choen returned with Murphy to
Cos Cob."
And the date of this occurrence was
the day following my Chinatown mis?
adventure.
CHAPTER XVI.
A Slump In Crystal Consolidated.
The week of my convalescence was
not eventful. Evelyn and Mrs. Lan- ,
caster called dally, and the reports
from O'Hara came each morning with
unvarying regularity and equally un
varying lack of Import. The artist,
after his visit to Tup Sing, had re
turnefl to his Cos Cob hermitage, ac?
companied by a successor to K? for?
mer unfortunate Chlceee servant, and
now rarely left his own grounds, j
Gravid with suggestion as his appear?
ance in Chinatown had seemed st first,
I soon came to realise that it might
possibly bear no more vital signifi?
cance than that altogether common?
place proceeding, the Quest of a cook.
And In ths absence of any continue- j
tory evidence to the contrary, and '
with the knowledge gleaned from Miss
Clement that Tup Stag, on occasions, i
added to his regul?r business of mer- ,
chandislng that of an employment .
agent, I saw no reason to attach an
undue Importance to the Incident
Nevertheless 1 relinquished none of
my suspicions regarding Murphy, but
continued the detective's surveillance
with a fresh Injunction to vigilance.
And 1 did not apologise to Tup Sing. ,
Miss Clement, to whom I bflicve I
owe my life, visited me at my request, j
How I whelmed her with my gratitude
la no more material than how she en- ,
deavored to make light of her service
to me, declaring that such offices were
a part of her day's work in her chosen
field, and that her day's work was her
passion. And yet It was this part of
our interview which gave me my
strongest Insight Into her exceptional- !
ly worthy character. Absolutely un?
selfish, she Joyed in a life that even a
religious fanatic might well have
quailed before; finding flowers in
muck heaps and Jewels amid tinsel. ,
In five minutes, too, I glimpsed her
abounding magnetism, the moving ,
agent In that rare efficiency which was
part and parcel of her. Later, I learned
of the weight of her Influence among
the dwellers In the Chinese colony;
not from any direct narrative of what
the had accomplished?for she was
chary of speaking of herself?but by
deduction, purely. Moreover, my
watch, a few trinkets and a little
money, taken from me that night in
Doyers street, had all been returned
through Miss Clement's good offices;
and if. thus far, she had afforded U3
no real clew in our absorbing exi?
gency, I felt that ultimately her knowl?
edge, coupled with he4 resourceful?
ness, would prove to us of unbounded
value. And, as events shaped them?
selves, I was not wrong.
It was now nearly four weeks since
Cameron's disappearance, and a fear
that he had met dea;h In some fiend?
ish form at the hands of his abductors
had come to be with me very nearly
an obsession. The care I exercised in
hiding my real state of mlud from
Evelyn could not well bo exaggerated.
When I appeared to her most hopeful
I was actually most despairing. With
Miss Clement, however, I hac no rea?
son to dissemble. With all frankness
I told her of my despair; and when,
instead of trying to comfort me with
empty words of encouragemen*. she
agreed with me that the chancts of
our ever seeing Cameron again wore
at a minimum, I liked her the better
for "being straightforward.
"I sometimes feel," I said to her,
making full confession, "that we mads
a terrible: mistake in not at once noti?
fying the authorities. Even now I am
inclined to lay the matter before them,
Anything would be better than un<?r
talnty. A few arrests and the third
degree mtfht work wonders."
"Where WOtlld you start?" she Raked
In a blunt, logical way that reminded
me of aTvelya'l faculty of going to the
mot of things. "You tee, you know i >
little. The story about the portrait
and the mirror, the police would re?
gard as more amusing than convinc?
ing. And besides, you haven't any
ptOOf. Yup Sine, you tell ine, has the
only original letter, and by this time
ho may have lost it or have forgotten
thai be SVer bad it. If you had seen
as much of Iba Chinese as 1 have, yog
would appreciate how wily they are.
My belief is that the police would con
. lade thai Mr. Cameron fell overboard
from his yacht and was drowned, In*
deed It WOUld be fortunate if they did
not take the view that be Jumped
overboard and committed suicide, or.
\ ores stillt {t would not be beyond
them, Mr Clyde, to charge that you
pushed him over. The yellow papers
would almost certainly Intimate such
a possibility." Had some one else '
voiced this suggestion I should prob?
ably have resented It, but I under?
stood Miss Clement. She was as kind
as her eyes indicated; and that is
speaking very strongly.
"Nevertheless," I said, with growing
determination, "I shall make the case
public. It is my duty, and I am will?
ing to run all the risks you point out.
I shall start by making a complaint
againBt Peter Johnson. We'll have
hira arrested, get his record, and fol?
low along that trail until we turn up
the other conspirators. If poor Cam?
eron's shares fall in the market, they'll
hava to fall. If the notoriety precipi?
tates a delayed fatality of which Cam?
eron Is the victim, it cannot be helped.
I simply will not longer shoulder the
responsibility of silence."
The way she had of silent delibera?
tion was almost masculine. I can see
h*.% even now, as she sat there that
afternoon, her hair the same shade I
of gray as her cloth gown, her fresh, |
clear complexion lined In thought,
her kindly eyes half closed. For the
better part of a minute she pondered, j
Then, suddenly, her face awok?, arid i
she asked me: j
"Will you wait three days longer?
That is all. I have channels of lnfor- j
mation that are closed to the police, j
even. There are men in Chinatown, '
and women too, who would lay down j
.heir lives for me. I think some of
them would even betra> their friends,
which la still a greater sacrifice. Wait
three days, Mr. Clyde, and if at the
end of that time I have not learned
for you what you want to know, go on !
with your publicity idea."
It was now my turn to be thought?
ful. Evelyn believed In the woman's
ability to aid. She had said as much
to me. And I myself possessed a cer?
tain degree of faith In feminine intui?
tion. Aside from that, though, Miss
Clement had demonstrated that she
wielded a certain power in her baili?
wick?waa not my watch, at that mo?
ment, in my pocket??and her whole
personality proclaimed inherent ca?
pacity for accomplishment
"Very well. Miss Clement," I agreed.
"I will wait three days. It Is now Sat?
urday, November 14. If by this time
Tuesday afternoon we are not, at
least, on the track of something tan?
gible, I shall bo on my way to Mul?
berry street."
Sunday was with me a day of Im?
patience. I fretted now at confine?
ment, for my ankle was quite strong
agsln, and I was perfectly well in
other respects, too. But my physician
had set Monday for my first day out,
and he refused to concede even a
twenty-four-hour change of plan. P>ut
I chafed more even at .he inactivity
to which I had agreed concerning
Ca.- Ton than at the confinement. All
at once, I had become Imbued with a
necessity for prompt and strenuous
measures. Some awful thing, I knew
not what, r^med ominously Immi?
nent, and remorse tore at me torment
lngly.
Early Monday, I telephoned Mies
Clement for tidings of her progress,
bat she could only implore me to wait.
She had nothing to report, but she
was encouraged. With my hands thus
tied diversion was my only refuge, and
an accumulation of office work into
Walch I plunged served, In part at ?
least, this purpose.
Evelyn and Mrs. Lancaster had
come in from Greenwich and opened
the Cameron town house, a great
white granite Renaissance affair, on
Upper Fifth avenue, facing the park; |
and because the girl had made mo
promise, I lunched there; but I went !
with less graoe than ever before, un- .
certain as I was of my self-control. |
Evelyn's faith in Miss Clement, how?
ever, was contagious. She spoke of
little else, and when I came away it
was with Strengthened hope of speedy
results.
It is my habit to glance over the
earlier editions of all the evening pa- 1
pers before leaving my office, and lat?
er, either on the train to Greenwich ;
or, when in town, at my club, to read
more carefully the later issues of the
News and Star. On this particular
day, however, a succession of matters
of more Importance prevented my
looking at so much as a headline, un- ,
til, seated at dinner, in the club res- i
taurant, I saw on a window ledge be
eido me one of the more sensational
of the afternoon dailies, and appro?
priated it In lieu of better companion?
ship, j
It was one of those journals which,
in catering to the tastes of the prole?
tariat, conceive it wise to minimize
their references to Wall street, save
only when a marked slump or a panic
pointR the moral of the unscrupulous
capitalist and hie heinous crimes.
When, therefore, long, bold-face type
attracted my eye with the announce?
ment, "Fall in Crystal Consolidated,"
I smarted to -cad the subjoined ar h ie.
confident enough that some director
or directors had been Ppitted for bar?
becue. And before 1 had read live
II ii< r 1 came upon the name of Robert
Cameron.
If I was to helievo this introductory
paragraph, my friend was tt. Crystal
Consolidated whal John D, Rockefel?
ler was to Standard Oil, >e? in the
months )f our intimacy he had made
no reference to this connection; and,
though I 'aus thoroughly familiar with
the "errat glass trust," BS it was
Called, and With the name of its multi?
millionaire master, strangely enough I
had never connected the Cameron I
kn< w with this Cameron, the Captain
of Industry.
"I tun," h?> had sanl. in nil modesty,
"largely Interested in a certain line of
Industrial enterprises." That was till.
I suppoae i ?houTd have known; a i l
yet, "no prophet is without honor,
save in his oa n country."
The newspaper article I now r^ad,
however, left no room for doubt on the
subject; and, Incidentally in a single
sentence, revealed the secret of how
Cameron had succeeded In escaping
that general recognition which Is usu?
ally the penalty of greatness. "He
has never sat for a photograph."
But, while this part of the article
interested, that which followed startled
and perplexed me:
"Crystal Consolidated fell to 103
today," it went on, "because of a per?
sistent rumor that Robert Cameron
is seriously 111, in a New England sani?
tarium. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained as to his malady and his
whereabouts by those who are in a
position to know. It has been ascer?
tained, however, that after spending a
quiet summer at his country place,
Cragholt, on Long Island sound, near
Greenwich, he started on October 21,
on his fast st. u yacht Sibylla for a
cruise along tht New England coast.
Ten days later the Sibylla returned,
but Mr. Cameron was not on board.
"It Is known that he has been in
ill health for months, and there are
those who now declare that he has
sought the seclusion of an institution
for the treatment of nervous diseases,
near Boston, his condition being criti?
cal.
"Inquiry, today, at his Fifth avenue
home in this city, and at his Connecti?
cut country seat, was fruitless. Mr.
Cameron was at neither place, and the
servants expressed ignorance concern?
ing his present address.
"At the offices of the Crystal Con?
solidated Manufacturing company and
at those of the missing financier's
brokers, Hatch & Hastings, evasion
was the keynote of the answers to all
questions.
UU BE CONTINUED)
MEDAL FOB AMUNDSEN.
Geographic Society Honors South Pole
Discoverer at Annual Banquet.
Washington. Jan. 11.?Capt. Roald
Amundsen, the noted Norwegian ex?
plorer, was formally recognized for
the first time in the United States to?
night as the discoverer of the South
Pole and honored for his achievement
with a special gold medal by the Na?
tional Geographic Society at Its an?
nual banquet, where he was guest of
honor. Beside Capt. Amundsen sat
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S.
N., retired to whom the society two
years ago gave a similar medal, recog?
nizing him as the discoverer of the
North Pole. The Amundsen medal
bears the inscription:
"This special medal awarded by the
National Geographic; Society to Capt.
Roald Amundsen for his Antarctic
achievements resulting in f.he attain?
ment of the South Pole, December
14th, 1911."
On the other side is a chart of the
south pole region surrounded by a
wreath of laurels with the emblem of
the National Geogra] hie Society at Its
base.
A distinguished company attended
the banquet to honor the distinguish?
ed foreigner, who a year and a month
ago, lacking a few days, reached the
goal which many noble explorers be?
fore him had striven for. Capt.
Amundsen in replying to the speech of
the presentation, modestly tried to
minimize his own great accomplish?
ment and g ive Strong words of praise
to those who ha<i preceded him in the
Antarctic fields. When Capt. Amund?
sen arose to accept the medal a great
salvo of applause greeted him, am?
bassadors, ministers, scientists, nun
prominent in many walks of life, who
were present, joining in it.
A smile overspread the strong face
of the explorer as he bowed slightly
and waited Tor the applause to cease.
Then he expressed his apepreclation of
the honor conferred Upon him, thank?
ing the society for its recognition.
WILL CALL REV. L, B. McCORl).
Manning Presbyterians Seek Pastor
from Loui-N ill**. Ky.
Manning. Jan. 12.?At a Congre?
gational meeting of the Presbyterian
Church, held this morning, for the
purpose of considering the election of
a pastor to succeed the Rev. A. R.
Woodson, recently resigned, it was
decided to extent! a call to the Rev. L.
B. McCord, of Louisville, Ky. The
proper steps will be taken at once to
prosecute the call through the regular
Presbyterial c hannels. The Rev. Mr.
McCord was In Manning a week ago,
preaching Sunday morning in the
Presbyterian Church, and Sunday
night at a union service In the Meth?
odist Church, making i highly fa?
vorable Impression on both occasions.
While be has been for som ? time In
Louisville, Mr. McCord la .. ative of
Hodges, S .<'. He comes with the
highest endorsements as to r.s quail
locations as a minister.
The lemon crop has b? i n greatly
em :a led by the freese which swooped
down on the citrus belt of California
i few days ago. Nevertheless, Bresl
deiit Taft has a large crop which he
proposes to hand out at Intervals to a
man who want* h tided term and has
ideas that endangi i c< nstittiti >nal and
representative government. Wil?
mington Star.
( b.iimIm i lain'n Cough Remedy.
This renn dj has no superior f< r
coughs and cold It 1? plea lanl to
lake, !t contains no opium or other
narcotic it ulwaj i cures, For sale
by all dealers Ad\ t
THE FERTILIZER SITUATION.
Commissioner Watson Suggests That
state Operate Its own Phosphate
Reds With Convict Labor and itc
clalm the Soil.
After pointing out th.it the farmers
Of South Carolina expending practi?
cally $28,000,000 a year for commer
?iai fertilizers Commissioner Watson
in his annual report to the general as?
sembly recommends that the state
work its own phosphate beds on ih<
oast with COnviCtS and sell the ground
lock to the farmers at cost. He says
the recommendation "will bring forth
a Strong lobby, and a vigorous light."
The report says:
"The annual enormous expenditure
by the farmers of the State of practi?
cally $28,000,000. as estimated by
competent authority, for commercial
fertilize) s and fertilizing material is
a drain upon our financial resource!
that porte nds disaster unless some?
thing be done. Sails are being treated
today as if conditions of soil exist
as they did when tne use of commer?
cial fertilizers was lirst introduced.
< ontinual use has rendered them .acid
to a high degree, and conditions to?
day are far different. Ignorance of
intelligent use of fertilizing ingre?
dients is so general that it has been
the cloak behind which fancy mix?
tures have been put on the markets
in neat packages with ready purchasers
at handsome profits to the manufac?
turers. 1 believe the time has come
to take some decisive action towards
stopping this great expenditure and
financial drain upon the farmer and
Inevitable ultimate exhaustion of the
soil.
"What I shall say here is not in?
tended as an attack upon the intelli?
gent and not too general use of com?
mercial fertilizers nor certainly not
upon the tax that the State derives
from the tonnage of fertilizers an?
nually consumed. That tax should be
kept on every ton of all fertilizer that
goes into consumption, for inspection
is vitally important in the matter of
fertilizering material and can not be
successfully and effectively conducted
otherwise. Furthermore, the income
from the tax is being applied to work
of most vital concern to the produc?
ing population of the State?a work
which should be increased rather than
diminished, and this suggestion, car?
ried out, would mean more revenue
and less complaint about the tax,
which is now paid plus unjustifiable
profits to manufacturers. The inspec?
tion of fertilizers should be kept where
it now is and the income applied as
it now is?for the fullest benefit of
those who pay the tax and of their
sons.
"This suggestion, however, is di?
rected at the great and useless waste
of money by the consumer, depleting \
his finances f<>r the profits of shrewd
manufacturers and bringing sure
deterioration of soil fertility. If the
cost of fertilizers amounts to more
than the harvest then farmers must
emigrate. Already it amounts to al?
most as much as the value of the en- j
tire corn crop id* the State, the crop
that is second only in value to cotton, j
The time has come to stop the buying
and feeding to the land of patent mad
Ictne-mlxed fertilisers, and instead
I give the sick soil pure food.
"All soils in South Carolina today
are extremely deficient in one of the
chief elements of animal food?-car?
bonate of lime. Cntil very recently
the great necessity for ground lime?
stone rock to be applied to the soils
of the State to cure, the sourness and
acidity had not dawned upon the peo?
ple. Now the need f??r It is apparent
to many. Circulars have been issued
by those realising the imperative need
for this material in natural forms.
When they tried to g*?t it, they found
it Impossible to do so at any save
prohibitive prices?|3.25 per ton in
carloads bus, Columbia. Excessive
transportation cha ges prevail. Ef?
forts to get concessions have amount?
ed to practically nothing. This de?
partment, sonic time ago, took the
matter up with President Finlcy of
the Son hern railway, who had issued
one i i the circulars urging the use of
ground limestone, without making it.
possible for farmers to buy it. The
besl that could be made now is .>_*.;;.">
per ton, via Southern railway exclu?
sively to Columbia. The nearest
in.ias shipping the material commer?
cially are in T< nnessee and North
Carolina. tfoulh Carolina has good
de post t? of limestone in Cherokee,
l.auieps and Abbeville counties. Phey
ai e in prlvi te ownership, 'ait are de?
posits suited for tins purpose. Illi?
nois has been reclaimed and the ex?
haustion of soil fcrtllil) has been
si, pped bj lime, and glound ro< k
phosphate; pure ;.I and precious
little t \|'< nsl\ e nu dieitn ' is us. ?*
t h. re now
? The State ol V'ln ai:i at ' he la M
i
?
? . .
1 he l*i< dmonl . I ion and another
plant .ii i h< o> t. r shell and marl
region ol the coasl und has under?
taken tu operat? thii mim and plant,
furnishing ground limestone to the
farmen of the State at the actual
coat of production. The railroads, I
Understand, are hauling the material,
also, at cost. State convicts are used
for the work, and the whole thing ll
operated by the department of agri?
culture of the State. The deposits
were bought outright by the State.
The companies who have been farm?
ing the farmer by selling him expen?
sive "medicine" for his land because
he knew n< better than to buy, very
naturally v 11 try to stop the cutting
c iwn of enormous profits by injunc?
tion, but no one seems to fear the
result.
"This plan should and ought to be
adopted by the state of South Caro?
lina, where conditions both as to
volume of present-day expenditures
for mixed fertilizers and as to soil
retrogression cry more loudly for such
relief than Virginia ha,s ever even
approached
' I would go further inasmuch as
it is well-nigh Impossible to buy
ground rock phosphate, because it is
quickly gobbled for treatment and
mixing for higher market prices, and
in view of the fact that the State
owns perhaps as valuable beds as can
be found, and urge that the State
with her convicts operate her own
phosphate beds on the coast and sell
ground rock to the farmers on the
same basis as the ground limestone,
i. e., the cost of production. An at?
tempt to do this, which is a crying
need, I realise, will bring forth a
strong lobby even from foreign coun?
tries and vigorous fight?-stronger
opposition than the suggestion as to
limestone, but it should be done.
"Our farmers pay daily tribute to
Germany be *%use of the realization
by that nation of "her potash deposits
and her utilization of them.
MI have not entered into detail into
the scientific facts bearing on the
conditions, which have prompted me
to respectfUi - present this matter
to you, but stand ready to present the
entire situation to any legislative com?
mittee and demonstrate how millions
of dollars annually can be saved
without decrease of revenue from
tonnage.
"The ide: has been generally dis?
cussed by thinking men in the State
for some time, and these have come
to me with the request that I offi?
cially present the matter to the gen?
eral assemby. This I do with a sense
of realizatkm of its far-reaching im?
portance.
"If action be deferred, I would re?
spectfully s :gi,-est that during the
current year the State department of
agriculture, acting with a Joint leg?
islative committee be instructed to
carefully look into every phase of
this matter and report to the gen?
eral assemly at its next session,
though Virginia's experience with the
plan is avail ble now as a guide, and
the need for action is great.
"How gre it this need is finds illus?
tration in the following letter re?
ceived by the department the day
' after the gl ovc was written in the
j regular course of office business, and
! it Is a fair sample of many of its
j kind; it offers such a striking il
l lustration of the conditions referred
to that I am taking the liberty of in?
corporating t In Its entirety:
"?Andrews S. C, Jan. 11, 1910.
" 'Mr. EL J. v"atson. Commissioner of
Agriculture Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir: Please give me the com
? mercial valu? of nitrogen, phosphoric
acid and potash. Where can they be
bought? Can I buy these things and
mix my own fertiliser and save the
fertilizer dealers' expense of mixing
and a great saving' in railroad
freights.' 1 am a small farmer.
When 1 buy my fertilizer from the
local dealer he c harges $32 to *-?0
per ton for C. S. meal and other fer
' tUlaers In proportion, and 1 can t
stand it.
" Yours very truly,
" Ci. W. Harrelson.
'Residing where this man doei
what he nee?1 primarily and more
than anything else is ground limt
stone. and I t with ground rock
phosphate and leguminous plants
would perhai h do more for him, cer?
tainly more :'V his soli than all of
the high-priced, large-profit mixed
fertilizer thai h I c< Uld buy. were he
able to buy it."
Chronic Ccm**tlpatlnn Cased.
"Five years ago l had the worst
case of chron ? constipation 1 ever
j Ait. w of and Chamberlain's Tablets
cured me." a*i ios s. F. Pish, Brook*
lyn, Mich. rVr sale l?5 all dealers
\ ? Vdvt.
I Tin parci Is i st has no rules as to
the sending of love by way of thai
j di im, possibly because it is con?
st d< r< d first class matter.
i\, *\ t'ougli Medicine for Children.
! . m ver> gl d to saj a few w ords
in praise of Chamberlain's Cough
Kemcdy," writei Mrs. Li da DeWey,
j Mils ikee, W e "1 have used it for
irs i oth for it > children and myself
and it never Is lo relieve and cure
a cough or * il. No family with
children shoub be without it as it
gives almost Immediate relief in
en sea ol croui Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is ph tsant and safe to take,
which Is "f gi at Importance when a
,medic ne musi be given to young chil?
dren For sa by all dealers. \<ut